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Northrop Grumman’s ‘S.S. Sally Ride’ cargo ship launches on flight to space station

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Northrop Grumman’s Antares rocket fires off its launch pad in Virginia to begin the NG-18 resupply mission. Credit: Alex Polimeni / Spaceflight Now Using its second-to-last Antares rocket with Russian engines before a redesign to rely on all-U.S. propulsion, Northrop Grumman sent a Cygnus supply ship into orbit from Virginia on Monday to deliver spacewalk …

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First Starliner crew flight slips to April 2023

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Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft approaches the International space Station on May 20. Credit: NASA The first test flight of Boeing’s Starliner crew capsule with astronauts has been delayed from February to April 2023, moving the mission after a busy stretch of crew and cargo missions to the International Space Station, and allowing more time for engineers …

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Russian cargo ship docks at space station

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Russia’s Progress MS-21 supply ship approaches the International Space Station for docking Thursday night. Credit: NASA TV / Spaceflight Now Russia’s Progress MS-21 resupply spacecraft completed an automated docking with the International Space Station at 10:49 p.m. EDT Thursday (0251 GMT Friday) to deliver more than 2.7 tons of cargo to the lab’s seven-person crew. …

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Watch live: Russian cargo ship set for launch on flight to space station

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Russia is set to launch a Progress supply freighter Tuesday on a two-day trek to the International Space Station to deliver 5,556 pounds (2,520 kilograms) of cargo, fuel, water, and nitrogen to the orbiting research laboratory. A Soyuz-2.1a booster will launch the Progress cargo ship at 8:20 p.m. EDT Tuesday (0020 GMT Wednesday) from the …

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SpaceX Crew Dragon returns to Earth with on-target splashdown

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STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION SpaceX’s Dragon Freedom spacecraft splashes down in the Atlantic Ocean. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls Three NASA astronauts and a European flier boarded their SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule, undocked from the International Space Station and plunged back to Earth Friday, splashing down in the Atlantic Ocean east of Jacksonville to …

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Space station astronauts ready for return to Earth

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NASA astronaut Bob Hines (left), Jessica Watkins (top), European Space Agency astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti (bottom), and Crew-4 commander Kjell Lindgren (right) aboard the International Space Station in July. Credit: NASA Four astronauts are preparing to ride a SpaceX Dragon crew capsule from the International Space Station back to Earth on Thursday to close out a …

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Dragon crew capsule delivers four new residents to International Space Station

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SpaceX’s Dragon Endurance spacecraft on final approach to the International Space Station. Credit: NASA TV / Spaceflight Now SpaceX’s four-person Dragon Endurance crew capsule arrived at the International Space Station Thursday, delivering U.S., Japanese, and Russian crew members to the complex and replacing four astronauts scheduled to conclude their long-duration science mission next week. The …

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U.S.-Russian-Japanese crew lifts off from Florida heading for International Space Station

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SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon Endurance spacecraft, carrying a crew of four, depart NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on Wednesday heading for the International Space Station. Credit: Michael Cain / Spaceflight Now / Coldlife Photography Two NASA astronauts, a veteran Japanese space flier, and the first Russian cosmonaut to launch on a U.S. spacecraft since …

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Russian cosmonaut set to ride U.S. crew capsule to International Space Station

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Russian cosmonaut Anna Kikina during training at SpaceX’s headquarters in Hawthorne, California. Credit: SpaceX Cosmonaut Anna Kikina will become the first Russian crew member to launch on a U.S. spacecraft since 2002 when she straps into a seat aboard SpaceX’s Dragon Endurance capsule Wednesday for a flight to the International Space Station, opening a new …

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SpaceX crew mission ‘top priority’ amid busy week of Falcon 9 launches

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SpaceX’s Dragon Endurance spacecraft stands on pad 39A atop a Falcon 9 rocket ahead of liftoff on NASA’s Crew-5 mission. Credit: SpaceX SpaceX’s next astronaut launch for NASA, set for Wednesday from Kennedy Space Center, is one of three missions on the company’s schedule this week from launch pads in Florida and California. The crew …

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